Chinese symbol for “skewers”
串串
chuàn chuàn
(coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香 (chuàn chuàn xiāng)); (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat); mutt; mixed-breed cat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skewers is 串串 (chuàn chuàn), defined as: (coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香 (chuàn chuàn xiāng)); (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat); mutt; mixed-breed cat.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 串串.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一连串 (一連串) | yī lián chuàn | a succession of; a series of |
| 串联 (串聯) | chuàn lián | to establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series |
| 串流 | chuàn liú | (Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming |
| 字符串 | zì fú chuàn | string (computing) |
| 串通 | chuàn tōng | to collude; to collaborate |
| 客串 | kè chuàn | to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.